In Namibia, beef is more than food. It is culture, trade and income all at once. The Namibia cattle disease outbreak, a foot-and-mouth epidemic first confirmed on 23 September 2026, is now putting all three under strain. From Karasburg to the Zambezi Veterinary officials found the first case on a commercial farm in the Karasburg […]
Inside the Cape Town conference halls, deals were on the agenda. Outside, a very different message rang out. The African Energy Week protests on Tuesday brought climate campaigners onto the pavement, demanding an end to new oil and gas exploration across the continent. “Africa Exploitation Week” Activists from Greenpeace Africa and Extinction Rebellion picketed the […]
Most of the victims were travellers who were burnt to death while sleeping in their vehicles during an overnight stop, officials added The attack took place in Auno town on a major highway in Borno State. Militant Islamist group Boko Haram and its offshoots have waged a brutal insurgency in Nigeria since 2009. About 35,000 […]
Plateau State Governor Simon Bako Lalong has expressed shock over the death of Senator Ignatius Longjan who died after a protracted illness. Governor Lalong in a statement signed by Director of Press Simon Makut described as devastating the death of the Senator who represented Plateau South Senatorial District at the National Assembly. Lalong said the […]
The upcoming tabling of South Africa’s Budget is likely to be “more important that ever” due to stubbornly low economic growth, the impact of power cuts and the heightened risk of a credit rating downgrade to junk by Moody’s Investors Service, according to a BNP Paribas South Africa economic. Finance Minister Tito Mboweni is due […]
Uproar in Morocco over U.S President Donald Trump’s plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Thousands of them took to the streets of the capital Rabat to oppose the controversial Middle East Plan. Sympathizers and trade unionists also called for a boycott of American products. “This popular demonstration is not only to support a people but […]
Activists of the left-wing Workers’ Party in Algeria are demanding the release of Louisa Hanoune. They demonstrated in the town of Blida, about 45 kilometres south-west of the capital, where Hanoune and Said Bouteflika, the jailed brother of the former president, are due to appear before a military court. “Through this stand, in addition to […]
Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped a wealthy businessman in the city of Chimoio in central Mozambique. An eyewitness told reporters that Issufo Satar, who owns a network of commercial establishments, was leaving one of the stores he owns on Saturday when masked men threatened to shoot him then bundled him into a Toyota RunX. Mozambican Police […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has said Nigeria recognises science and technology in the development process and will, therefore, ensure adequate resource allocation for research and development. Buhari was speaking at a breakfast meeting of the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS) organised by the President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo in […]
Cameroon voted Sunday in polls overshadowed by a partial opposition boycott and separatist violence that has displaced hundreds of thousands of people. Elections for the central African country’s legislature and local councils are taking place for the first time in seven years, after two postponements. They are unlikely to ruffle the enduring rule of President […]
Finance Minister in an interview with the Sunday Mail said the mono currency situation is here to stay and the government wants to enforce the use of the Zimbabwe Dollar and they will penalise those who deviate from charging and pricing in local currency. Said Professor Mthuli: Zimbabwe is in a mono-currency situation. We introduced […]
Rabat – Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) has named Morocco the second most attractive country for investment in Africa, emerging stronger than South Africa and second only to Egypt in the bank’s 2019 index. The index, “Where to Invest in Africa,” aims to provide easily digestible data and analysis to firms considering investing in Africa. The […]
Sudan’s government is requesting that the UN deploy a peacekeeping mission in the country to help during the transitional period, a spokesman for Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok said Sunday. The mission’s mandate would be under Chapter 6 of the UN charter and would be deployed in the entire country, said a statement by spokesman Elnazir […]
Fugitive leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, from his safe haven in London has threatened to deal with the Abia State Commissioner of Police, Ene Okon should there be any killing on 14 February when his parents would be buried in Afaraukwu. In a message on Facebook, Kanu downgraded the commissioner and […]
The United Nations began holding a Cairo conference to discuss Libya’s economy, about three weeks after a blockade of ports sent the OPEC nation’s oil production tumbling to its lowest level since the 2011 civil war. The two-day meeting is the latest in a series of international efforts to end the conflict between eastern commander […]
At a Chinese-run hospital in Zambia, some employees watched as people who recently returned from China showed up with coughs but were not placed in isolation. A doctor tending to those patients has stopped coming to work, and health workers have been ordered not to speak publicly about the new virus that has killed hundreds. […]
The Kaduna State Fire Service says it recorded 87 fire outbreaks and seven deaths in January 2020. Mr Paul Aboi, Director of the service made this known on Saturday in Kaduna. Aboi said the fire outbreaks were recorded in Kaduna Zaria and Kafanchan. He said the outbreaks were caused mainly by carelessness in the use […]
The European Union has expressed its readiness to contribute to an “inclusive” dialogue in Guinea, following the announcement of a constitutional referendum, which the opposition denounces as a manoeuvre by President Alpha Condé to seek a third term in office at the end of 2020. “Unity and peace in Guinea must prevail over partisan interests,” […]
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has condemned the claim by the immediate past administration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State, that it built a modern Oyo State. He stated that the claim was unjustifiable bogus, noting, however, that his government was determined to lift the state out of the mess left behind […]
Gabon announced on Friday that it was suspending access to its territory for all passengers from China in an attempt to prevent any contamination by the coronavirus To date, no suspicious or reported cases have been recorded on the national territory,” the Gabonese government said in a statement. “However, in view of the spread of […]